Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Silence to Light: Japan and the Shadows of War
New writing from Japan
Guest-edited by Leza Lowitz
Editor’s Note, vii
Essays
Belated Eulogy: A Family Album, 22
Shuzo Uemoto
The Canary That Forgot Its Song, 36
Ishii Shinpei
A Lifetime of Images: The War Years in Japan, 103
Francis and Irene Haar
from Japan Journals, 109
Donald Richie
In My Absence, 152
Lisa Ottiger
Documents
Last Letters, 120
Kamikaze Pilots
Testimonials, 142
Himeyuri Student Nurses
Fifty Years of Silence, 176
Three Taiwanese Women
Fiction
Echoes, 1
Hayashi Kyoko
Peonies, 51
Mishima Yukio
The Death of the Cat, 55
Gladys Swan
December 8, 74
Dazai Osamu
from Fire Horse Woman, 83
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Aftermath, 94
Mary Yukari Waters
Pulling My Leg, 116
Kijima Hajime
The Man Who Sold Braces, 189
Yoko Ogawa
Hiroshima through Light, 180
Ogata Keiichi
Manga
from Barefoot Gen, 124
Keiji Nakazawa
Poetry
Four Thousand Days and Nights, 11
Tamura Ryuichi
Lukouchiao, 13
Uda Rei
from Requiem, 16
Ishigaki Choko
Birthmark, 19
Sagawa Aki
Half a Century, 164
Sone Yoshi
Three Poems, 165
Ayukawa Nobuo
Six Poems, 170
Ko Un
Reviews (bottom section of page), 201